Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

*Historical Records of the Five Dynasties*
Historical Records of the Five Dynasties
Traditional Chinese	五ご代だい史ふみ記き
Simplified Chinese	五ご代だい史ふみ记
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔdài Shǐjì
Wade–Giles	Wu-tai shi-chi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Ngó-tāi Sú-kì
New History of the Five Dynasties
Chinese	新しん五ご代だい史ふみ
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīn Wǔdài Shǐ
Wade–Giles	Hsin Wu-tai shih

Historical Records of the Five Dynasties
	Title page for Historical Records of the Five Dynasties, English language translation from 2004
Author	Ouyang Xiu
Language	Classical Chinese
Subject	history of the Five Dynasties period
Publication date	1073
Publication place	Song dynasty
Original text	Historical Records of the Five Dynasties at Chinese Wikisource

The Historical Records of the Five Dynasties (Wudai Shiji) is a Chinese history book on the Five Dynasties period (907–960), written by the Song dynasty official Ouyang Xiu in private. It was drafted during Ouyang's exile from 1036 to 1039 but not published until 1073, a year after his death.^[2] An abridged English translation by Richard L. Davis was published in 2004.

One of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China, the book is frequently referred to as the New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai Shi) in order to distinguish it from the Old History of the Five Dynasties which was published in 974.^[3] Though both books follow a similar format, Ouyang's book is more concise and markedly more analytical.^[1]

New History of the Five Dynasties covers the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou dynasties. The book consists of 74 chapters total. It includes biographies, annuals, case studies, family histories, genealogies, and coverage about Chinese tribes. The layout of the work was inspired by the style of Li Yanshou (李り延寿えんじゅ) and it pulls content from Xue Juzheng's work. It has been described as being more important than the work that Xue Juzheng created and upon its discovery "Xue Juzheng's earlier history was largely forgotten and nearly lost to the world."^[3]

Chapters 1–3: Basic Annals of Liang (梁りょう本紀ほんぎ)
Chapters 4–7: Basic Annals of Tang (唐から本紀ほんぎ)
Chapters 8–9: Basic Annals of Jin (晉すすむ本紀ほんぎ)
Chapter 10: Basic Annals of Han (漢かん本紀ほんぎ)
Chapters 11–12: Basic Annals of Zhou (周しゅう本紀ほんぎ)
Chapter 13: Biographies of the Royal Families: Liang (梁はり家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 14: Biographies of the Royal Families: Taizu of Tang (唐から太ふとし祖そ家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 15: Biographies of the Royal Families: Mingzong of Tang (唐から明あかり宗家そうけ人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 16: Biographies of the Royal Families: Emperor Fei of Tang (唐から廢帝はいてい家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 17: Biographies of the Royal Families: Jin (晉すすむ家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 18: Biographies of the Royal Families: Han (漢かん家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 19: Biographies of the Royal Families: Taizu of Zhou (周太しゅうた祖そ家か人傳ひとづて)
Chapter 20: Biographies of the Royal Families: Shizong of Zhou (周世すせ宗家そうけ人傳ひとづて)
Chapters 21–23: Biographies of Liang Subjects (梁りょう臣しん傳でん)
Chapters 24–28: Biographies of Tang Subjects (唐から臣しん傳でん)
Chapter 29: Biographies of Jin Subjects (晉すすむ臣しん傳でん)
Chapter 30: Biographies of Han Subjects (漢かん臣しん傳でん)
Chapter 31: Biographies of Zhou Subjects (周しゅう臣しん傳でん)
Chapter 32: Biographies of Martyrs to Virtue (死し節ぶし傳でん)
Chapter 33: Biographies of Martyrs in Service (死し事ごと傳でん)
Chapter 34: Biographies of Consistent Conduct (一いち行ぎょう傳でん)
Chapter 35: Biographies of Six Courtiers of Tang (唐とう六ろく臣しん傳でん)
Chapter 36: Biographies of Righteous Sons (義ぎ兒じ傳でん)
Chapter 37: Biographies of Court Musicians and Actors (伶官傳でん)
Chapter 38: Biographies of Eunuchs (宦者傳でん)
Chapters 39–57: Miscellaneous Biographies (雜ざつ傳でん)
Chapters 58–59: Treatise on Astronomy (司つかさ天たかし考こう)
Chapter 60: Treatise on Administrative Geography (職方しょくかた考こう)
Chapter 61: Hereditary House of Wu (吳ご世よ家か)
Chapter 62: Hereditary House of Southern Tang (南みなみ唐から世よ家か)
Chapter 63: Hereditary House of Former Shu (前ぜん蜀しょく世よ家か)
Chapter 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu (後ご蜀しょく世よ家か)
Chapter 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han (南みなみ漢かん世よ家か)
Chapter 66: Hereditary House of Chu (楚すわえ世よ家か)
Chapter 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue (吳ご越えつ世よ家か)
Chapter 68: Hereditary House of Min (閩世家か)
Chapter 69: Hereditary House of Nanping (南平みなみだいら世よ家か)
Chapter 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han (東ひがし漢かん世よ家か)
Chapter 71: Timeline for the Hereditary Houses of the Ten Kingdoms (十じゅう國世くによ家か年譜ねんぷ)
Chapters 72–74: Appendixes on the Four Barbarians (四よん夷えびす附錄ふろく)

The book has been partially translated into English:

Ouyang Xiu (2004) [1077]. Historical Records of the Five Dynasties. (transl. Richard L. Davis). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12826-6.

Derivative works

A couple decades later (c. 1090), Wu Zhen published a 3-chapter Wudai Shiji Zuanwu (五ご代だい史記しき纂誤; "Compendium of Errors in the Historical Records of the Five Dynasties") which was appended to the original. This new work was considered lost in 18th-century Qing dynasty, but partly recovered by compilers of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries from indications quoted in the 15th-century Yongle Encyclopedia. Thereafter, in 1778 Wu Lanting (吳ご蘭らん庭にわ) published a 4-chapter Wudai Shiji Zuanwu Bu (五ご代だい史記しき纂誤補ほ; "An Addendum to the Compendium of Errors in the Historical Records of the Five Dynasties"), and in 1888 Wu Guangyao (吳ご光耀こうよう) published a 6-chapter Wudai Shiji Zuanwu Xubu (五代史記纂誤續補; "Further Addendum to the Compendium of Errors in the Historical Records of the Five Dynasties").^[4]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Tonami, p. 63.
^ Davis, p. xlvii.
^ ^a ^b "History of the Five Dynasties". World Digital Library. 1280–1368. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
^ Tonami, Mamoru; (transl. B. Albertat) (1978). "Wu-tai shih-chi tsuan-wu". In Balazs, Etienne; Hervouet, Yves (eds.). A Sung Bibliography. The Chinese University Press. pp. 68–9. ISBN 962-201-158-6.

Sources

Davis, Richard L. (2004). "Introduction". In Ouyang Xiu (ed.). Historical Records of the Five Dynasties. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. xliii–lxxiv. ISBN 0-231-12826-6.
Tonami, Mamoru (1978). "Wu-tai shih-chi". In Hervouet, Yves (ed.). A Sung Bibliography. Translated by B. Albertat. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. p. 63. ISBN 962-201-158-6.

External links

New Book of Tang 《新しん五ご代だい史し》 Chinese text with matching English vocabulary

[Tonami-1] Tonami, p. 63.

[2] Davis, p. xlvii.

[WDL-3] "History of the Five Dynasties". World Digital Library. 1280–1368. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

[4] Tonami, Mamoru; (transl. B. Albertat) (1978). "Wu-tai shih-chi tsuan-wu". In Balazs, Etienne; Hervouet, Yves (eds.). A Sung Bibliography. The Chinese University Press. pp. 68–9. ISBN 962-201-158-6.

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